Relative Risk of Fatal Injury in “High-Performance-Small-Motorcycle” Crashes in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Pang, Toh Yen, Radin Sohadi, Radin Umar, Abdul Aziz, Azhar
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2001
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/725/1/PFK15.PDF; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/725/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286580108902574
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This study present and analysis of injuries (severe and fatal) sustained by “High-Performance-Small-Motorcycle” users in Malaysia and establishes the relationship between fatality risk and human factors, exposure and vehicle factors resulting from motorcycle crashes. From the data gathered a statistical model based on logistic regression modeling technique has been developed. Five variables found to have a significant influence on fatality risk (p<0.05) were age, location sites, engine capacity, object/vehicle struck and collision types.